'Does Broca's area exist?'. Christofredo Jakob's 1906 response to Pierre Marie's holistic stance

Kyrana Tsapkini; Ana B. Vivas; Lazaros C. Triarhou

doi:10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.124

'Does Broca's area exist?'. Christofredo Jakob's 1906 response to Pierre Marie's holistic stance

Kyrana Tsapkini, Ana B. Vivas, Lazaros C. Triarhou

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Abstract

In 1906, Pierre Marie triggered a heated controversy and an exchange of articles with Jules Déjerine over the localization of language functions in the human brain. The debate spread internationally. One of the timeliest responses, that appeared in print 1 month after Marie's paper, came from Christofredo Jakob, a Bavarian-born neuropathologist working in Buenos Aires. The present study comprises an English translation of Jakob's 1906 paper and a discussion of Jakob's ideas on the localizationist-holistic approach regarding the role of Broca's area. This issue is still at the core of scientific debate in the light of current neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-219
Number of pages	9
Journal	Brain and Language
Volume	105
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2007.07.124
State	Published - Jun 2008

Keywords

Aphasia
Christfried Jakob (1866-1956)
Language areas
Localization of function

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Speech and Hearing

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